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Buzz Aldrin Salutes the U.S. Flag on the Moon
NASA via Flickr ^
| July 20, 1969
| Neil Armstrong
Posted on 11/20/2017 2:20:06 PM PST by edwinland
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You can see his fingers on the visor. A beautiful photo.
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posted on
11/20/2017 2:20:06 PM PST
by
edwinland
To: edwinland
Trivia fact:
Except for pictures from the fixed lunar lander camera, all pictures taken on the surface of the moon were of Buzz Aldrin.
Neil Armstrong had the only camera.
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posted on
11/20/2017 2:26:27 PM PST
by
oldbill
To: edwinland
I need a bigger monitor for that photo.
To: oldbill
I recommend watching ‘For All Mankind’. Different astronauts filmed on the moon.
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posted on
11/20/2017 2:30:17 PM PST
by
cweese
(Hook 'em Horns!!!)
To: edwinland
Tell him he didn’t do it and he lied. He’ll punch your lights out!
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posted on
11/20/2017 2:31:40 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ...)
To: edwinland
I am 60 years old, when I was a kid we had REAL HEROES
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posted on
11/20/2017 2:33:24 PM PST
by
Jolla
To: cweese
I think he means on Apollo 11.
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posted on
11/20/2017 2:33:30 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ...)
To: edwinland
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posted on
11/20/2017 2:38:29 PM PST
by
Vlad The Inhaler
(United We Stand - Divided We Fall. Remember: Diversity is the opposite of unity.)
To: BipolarBob
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posted on
11/20/2017 2:38:59 PM PST
by
CivilWarBrewing
(Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
To: DesertRhino
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posted on
11/20/2017 2:39:30 PM PST
by
cweese
(Hook 'em Horns!!!)
To: CivilWarBrewing
The OTHER great photo:
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posted on
11/20/2017 2:40:43 PM PST
by
CivilWarBrewing
(Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
To: CivilWarBrewing
or the UFO docked at the ISS.. Or maybe top secret U.S. space plane?:
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posted on
11/20/2017 2:42:26 PM PST
by
CivilWarBrewing
(Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
To: edwinland
"You can see his fingers on the visor. A beautiful photo." You sure those aren't the two legs from the stage hand off screen? /s
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posted on
11/20/2017 2:43:44 PM PST
by
CivilWarBrewing
(Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
To: edwinland
Astronaut Gene Cernan salutes the U.S. flag planted on the moon during the Apollo 17 mission. I knew this one because Gene lived here in Kerrville for many years.
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posted on
11/20/2017 2:58:08 PM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
To: edwinland
Yeah, yeah, it is a PBS production but they reran this the other night. Neil Armstrong was one heck of a guy; his service in the Navy, test pilot work, the Agena incident, the flying bedstead incident, landing the LEM, all of it, unbelievable the accomplishments of one man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EctJBxBk22Q
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posted on
11/20/2017 2:58:40 PM PST
by
rey
To: edwinland
thanks for the memory! photos are wonderful things.
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posted on
11/20/2017 3:16:10 PM PST
by
dadfly
To: CivilWarBrewing
Here's an image I've always liked, presumably taken moments before the salute. You can see Aldrin peeking towards Armstrong, holding the camera, to see if he's ready for the salute, which he then executes with heartfelt sincerity, I can only assume.
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posted on
11/20/2017 3:39:14 PM PST
by
dr_lew
(I)
To: dr_lew
... notice that the flag is not rippling! This is a new one on me. I always assumed that it rippled, or wavered, just from dangling there, of course with no atmosphere. However, to my eye, it hasn’t noticeably changed between these two images, which were probably just a second or so apart, but still ...
I suppose there’s a whole book on this!
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posted on
11/20/2017 3:45:14 PM PST
by
dr_lew
(I)
To: dr_lew
The MTV logo.
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posted on
11/20/2017 3:49:01 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Vlad The Inhaler
Man....now that is one scary hoe...
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posted on
11/20/2017 3:54:08 PM PST
by
unread
(Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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